diff --git a/ts/category.ts b/ts/category.ts
index 0061cd5..48b7562 100644
--- a/ts/category.ts
+++ b/ts/category.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-export class VideoMeta {
+class VideoMeta {
 	name: string|null
 	thumbnail: string|null
 	category: string
@@ -79,4 +79,16 @@ export class VideoMeta {
 	}
 }
 
+export async function fetch_category_videos() : Promise<Array<VideoMeta>> {
+	const endpoint = window.location.origin + '/api' + window.location.pathname
+	let videos: Array<VideoMeta> = []
+	const response = await fetch(endpoint)
+	if(response.headers.get('Content-Type') == 'application/json') {
+		const raw = JSON.parse(await response.text())
+		for(const vid_raw of raw) {
+			videos.push(new VideoMeta(vid_raw))
+		}
+	}
+	return videos
+}